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Southern Women:
Wit * Wisdom * Stereotype

Sunday, July 11, 2010 — 4pm

Join the conversation. The Women’s Book Salon at the Mandeville, LA – Barnes & Noble is not like a normal book club. It is a bi-monthly event where everyone can read what ever book appeals to them on the topic of the month. Then for an hour or so on a lazy Sunday afternoon we get together and talk and talk.

For July, our topic is Southern Women, defined however you like. There are lots of books on the topic, or just come and tell us what your mama used to say. The point is for people who love to read and talk about books to have a place to come and talk with a conversation starter.

Here are some titles to get you started:

A Southern Belle Primer: Why Princess Margaret Will Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma by Maryln Schwartz

The Southern Belle’s Handbook : Sissy LeBlanc’s Rules to Live By by Loraine Despres

Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On!: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters that the Rest of Y’all Should Know Too by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson

What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should): Timeless Secrets to Get Everything you Want in Love, Life, and Work by Ronda Rich

We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle by Celia Rivenbark

5 Responses

This Women’s Book Salon sounds like such fun, especially to me, a girl and author from Amite, LA. I wish I could join you. I’d love it if you’d post some of that Southern wit and wisdom on my blog: THE SOUTHERN BELLE SOUNDS OFF http://lorainedespres.blogspot.com/ I’ll be sure to share it. And hats off to Barnes and Noble in Manderville for creating such a fun event. I do hope you continue.

Thanks so much for the invitation, but although I grew up in Amite, I live in Beverly Hills, CA now. So it would be a little more than an hour drive. However, after your book group gets going, if you’d like me to do a call in, I’ll try to arrange it. For your first meeting, I’ll leave you with one of Sissy LeBlanc’s rules from her Southern Belle’s Handbook: “It’s okay for a woman to know her place, as long as she doesn’t stay there.” Have a great Salon.